snRNA and heterochromatin formation are involved in DNA excision during macronuclear development in stichotrichous ciliates

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1934-1941

  Juranek, Stefan A ^a   Rupprecht, Sina ^a   Postberg, Jan ^a   Lipps, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE; HYDROXAMIC ACID; PIWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRICHOSTATIN A;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CYTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HYPOTRICHIDA; MACRONUCLEUS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA; GENE SILENCING; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTONES; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; HYPOTRICHIDA; MACRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR;

CILIOPHORA; STYLONYCHIA;

EID: 27744559860     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.11.1934-1941.2005     Document Type: Article

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